ArtWalk West Hartford

Rick Hartford / Hartford Courant

Art moving specialist Jed Cleary, president of Func Art Design, Inc., breaks off cement from the base of one of the bronze horse sculptures in West Hartford Center. Gentle Spirits, the three bronze horses by sculptor Karen Petersen that the West Hartford Art League installed on Memorial Road in 2008 as part of ArtWalk's 5th anniversary were sent to greener pastures for the month of August for repair. The three lifesize bronze pieces were removed from their location between Town Hall and Memorial Road to be restored in New York and then brought back and installed again permanently at the end of August. One of the sculptures was so unstable that the town removed it earlier and put it into storage locally. Another was wobbly, and a third, while stable, also needed to be restored. There will be a formal dedication, open to the public, in honor of everyone who helped make this addition possible on Sept. 12, as part of the ArtWalk 10th anniversary kick-off. Gentle Spirits was the focus of a four year fundraising effort by the Art League to install the three horse sculptures permanently on town land.

Art moving specialist Jed Cleary, president of Func Art Design, Inc., breaks off cement from the base of one of the bronze horse sculptures in West Hartford Center. Gentle Spirits, the three bronze horses by sculptor Karen Petersen that the West Hartford Art League installed on Memorial Road in 2008 as part of ArtWalk's 5th anniversary were sent to greener pastures for the month of August for repair. The three lifesize bronze pieces were removed from their location between Town Hall and Memorial Road to be restored in New York and then brought back and installed again permanently at the end of August. One of the sculptures was so unstable that the town removed it earlier and put it into storage locally. Another was wobbly, and a third, while stable, also needed to be restored. There will be a formal dedication, open to the public, in honor of everyone who helped make this addition possible on Sept. 12, as part of the ArtWalk 10th anniversary kick-off. Gentle Spirits was the focus of a four year fundraising effort by the Art League to install the three horse sculptures permanently on town land. (Rick Hartford / Hartford Courant)

Art moving specialist Jed Cleary, president of Func Art Design, Inc., breaks off cement from the base of one of the bronze horse sculptures in West Hartford Center. Gentle Spirits, the three bronze horses by sculptor Karen Petersen that the West Hartford Art League installed on Memorial Road in 2008 as part of ArtWalk's 5th anniversary were sent to greener pastures for the month of August for repair. The three lifesize bronze pieces were removed from their location between Town Hall and Memorial Road to be restored in New York and then brought back and installed again permanently at the end of August. One of the sculptures was so unstable that the town removed it earlier and put it into storage locally. Another was wobbly, and a third, while stable, also needed to be restored. There will be a formal dedication, open to the public, in honor of everyone who helped make this addition possible on Sept. 12, as part of the ArtWalk 10th anniversary kick-off. Gentle Spirits was the focus of a four year fundraising effort by the Art League to install the three horse sculptures permanently on town land.